rnsimoes - Slashdot User

Comment Physical keyboard and Blackberry Hub (Score 1) 138

by rnsimoes on Sunday March 20, 2016 @01:40PM (#51737767) Attached to: Facebook and Whatsapp Discontinue Support For Blackberry

I use a Q10 an it is a great phone. I use it mainly because o the physical keyboard, which I find much more productive than a virtual one. Another great feature is the Blackberry Hub which I find much better than any other notification center (either Android or I OS). This said, it it clear that this OS does not have a future. Blackberry should have opted to build a customized Android (without Google Services) and that would have been a great success. I am not sure they will still be abl to make it, but I hope so.

Comment Also in Portugal (Score 1) 181

by rnsimoes on Friday March 02, 2012 @06:24AM (#39218865) Attached to: Open Ministry Crowdsources Laws In Finland

In Portugal this has also been launched in the government portal, a few weeks ago. Check it out at: http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/o-meu-movimento.aspx (in Portuguese language). The most voted initiative will have a meeting with the prime minister. By the way, the new government portal launched a few weeks ago was otherwise really a bad idea (it just threw out all previous content: a lot of broken links around...).

Comment Re:Physical keyboard? (Score 1) 188

by rnsimoes on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @01:47PM (#38956453) Attached to: Halliburton To Dump Blackberry For iOS

I also prefer a physical keyboard, I do not understand why people insist on trying to deny the obvious advantages of a physical keyboard over a virtual one... I tend to choose the best tool for the job and for heavy e-mail use, there is no better tool than a physical keyboard.

Submission + - Firefox 9 released, JS improved 20-30% by type inf (extremetech.com) 4

Submitted by

MrSeb

on Monday December 19, 2011 @04:29PM

MrSeb writes: "Firefox 9 is now available — but unlike its previous rapid release forebears where not a lot changed, a huge feature has landed with the new version: the JavaScript engine now has type inference enabled. This simple switch has resulted in a 20-30% JS execution speed increase, putting JaegerMonkey back in line with Chrome's V8 engine, and even pulling ahead in some cases. If you switched away from Firefox to IE or Chrome for improved JS performance, now is probably the time to give Firefox another shot."

Submission + - MIT Software Allows Queries On Encrypted Databases (forbes.com)

Submitted by Sparrowvsrevolution on Monday December 19, 2011 @01:28PM

Sparrowvsrevolution writes: CryptDB, a piece of database software that MIT researchers presented at the Symposium on Operating System Principles in October, allows users to send queries to an encrypted SQL database and get results without decrypting the stored information. CryptDB works by nesting data in several layers of cryptography, each of which has a different key and allows a different kind of simple operation on encrypted data. It doesn't work with every kind of calculation, and it's not the first system to offer this sort of computation on encrypted data. But it may be the only practical one. Previous crypto schemes that allowed operations on encrypted data multiplied computing time by a factor of a trillion. This one adds only 15-26%.

Submission + - Businesses Now Driving BYOD Trend (infoworld.com)

Submitted by

snydeq

on Monday December 19, 2011 @11:11AM

snydeq writes: "Companies are no longer waiting for users to bring in their own smartphones and tablets into business environments, they're encouraging it, InfoWorld reports. 'Two of the most highly regulated industries — financial services and health care (including life sciences) — are most likely to support BYOD. So are professional services and consulting, which are "well" regulated. ... The reason is devilishly simple, Herrema says: These businesses are very much based on using information, both as the service itself and to facilitate the delivery of their products and services. Mobile devices make it easier to work with information during more hours and at more locations. That means employees are more productive, which helps the company's bottom line.' Even those companies who haven't yet embraced bring your own device policies yet already have one in place, but don't know it, according to recent surveys."

Comment Check also Tarpipe (Score 1) 59

by rnsimoes on Sunday September 18, 2011 @05:08AM (#37432758) Attached to: Mashing Up Multiple Web Services

I have been using Tarpipe.com, a really nice service to publish to multiple social media services, with conditional rules, etc. Just needs some additional work on the interface to make it user-friendly for the less tech savvy.

Why the Web Mustn't Become the New TV 240

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 16, 2010 @05:50PM from the wouldn't-fit-in-my-living-room dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article argues that Rupert Murdoch's bid to own complete control of BSkyB is only part of an ongoing process to make the internet a totally 'linear' experience. The increase in the use of paginated content and the proliferation of video over transcribed interviews are, the author argues, part of a tidal shift from a browsable internet experience to a linear one that will move the user's experience of media from genuine choice to a series of locked-down 'information rides,' in order to re-secure advertising exposure. The author also writes, 'Current worries among publishing houses that magazines and newspapers will succumb to the digital written word on the internet are perhaps analogous to Victorian fears about mechanical horses taking over from real horses in the drawing of carriages. The point is being missed, the wrong fear being indulged.'"

Comment Re:Worthless summary (Score 1) 345

by rnsimoes on Sunday October 03, 2010 @06:46AM (#33775598) Attached to: Minnesota Moving To Microsoft's Cloud

Exactly, the main question is not the move from or to Microsoft software but the move to cloud computing. The debate should be whether there are cloud computing alternatives, based on open source software. Would Google Apps be a better option? That is the question. When a software goes cloud it becomes a service, frankly I do not think people should care whether it is based on open source software or not... Lock-in in cloud computing is related to difficulties in migration to a different service. That would be an important issue to look at, not if the software is open source...

Minnesota Moving To Microsoft's Cloud 345

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 02, 2010 @07:36PM from the take-the-twins-with-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The State of Minnesota is apparently the first state to move into the cloud, agreeing on a deal to have their messaging and collaboration services delivered through Microsoft's Business Online Productivity Suite. The thing the article doesn't tell you in detail is that the agreement precludes the use of open source software, which could have saved the taxpayers millions of dollars. And once such a large organization goes Microsoft, it's difficult to go back. Isn't it interesting that these developments occur right before elections, as senior officials are trying to keep their jobs with a new incoming administration? What do you think, Slashdotters? Is this a good move for Minnesota? Or a conservative move that bucks the trend of saving money and encouraging open government and transparency by aligning philosophy and practice with at least the option of utilizing open source software?"

Comment My advice is to wait some days before upgrading (Score 4, Interesting) 172

by rnsimoes on Saturday October 02, 2010 @06:58AM (#33769378) Attached to: Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate Launched

I am glad Ubuntu keeps shipping new versions at a regular pace but I would advise to wait a few weeks before upgrading. It is cautious to let others try it first and detect any problems. In any case, I must say that the last versions of Ubuntu I tried worked pretty well out of the box.

Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate Launched 172

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 01, 2010 @08:07PM from the almost-to-the-finish-line dept.

tuXx writes "On Thursday, Canonical rolled out the official release candidate of its upcoming Ubuntu OS version 10.10, codenamed Maverick Meerkat. The release announcement has a feature list, and a review of the RC is up at ITWorld. It's available for download at the Ubuntu wiki site. If all goes well, the stable release is planned for Oct. 10th."

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